Hobey Baker Memorial Award

1990 HOBEY BAKER AWARD WINNER: KIP MILLER

The Hobey Baker Memorial Award has been
presented annually since 1981 to the outstanding
college hockey player in the United States by
the Decathlon Athletic Club of Bloomington,
Minn.

The award is named after college hockey great
Hobey Baker of Princeton, a member of both the
United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth,
Minn., and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Also a standout in football, he is also a member
of the National Football Hall of Fame.

Baker's brilliant skating and stickhandling
abilities allowed him to dominate the college
game and lead Princeton to the Intercollegiate
League Championship in each of his three years
of varsity hockey (1911-14). He added to his
physical prowess the exemplary qualities of
being a completely unselfish sportsman and an
opponent of publicity. Facts about Baker's
career often sound more like myths, such as the
story of his playing every second of a 73-minute
game against Harvard, or the claim that he was
penalized just twice during his career, and both
times the mere suggestion that he had violated a
rule of the game nearly drove him to tears.

Spartan center Kip Miller was the recipient of
the 10th Hobey Baker Memorial Award in 1990
after leading the nation in scoring for the
second consecutive season with 101 points on 48
goals and 53 assists.

A two-time first-team All-Central Collegiate
Hockey Association honoree, Miller was
recognized as the league's Player of the Year
after leading the conference in scoring for the
second straight season with 36 goals and 38
assists for 74 points.

In MSU's career record books, the two-time
first-team All-America selection finished third
in goals (116), assists (145) and points (261).
He closed out his career among the NCAA's top 25
all-time point producers.

Over the course of his four seasons, the
Spartans won three CCHA regular season and
playoff titles and amassed an impressive
132-45-9 record. The 1989-90 Hockey News/Bauer
College Hockey Player of the Year also led the
Spartans to their ninth consecutive NCAA
tournament appearance as a senior.

Michigan State Hobey Baker Finalists

The Spartans have had 10 players among the top
10 candidates for the Hobey Baker Memorial
Award, including 1990 winner Kip Miller. Goalie
Ron Scott was the runner-up to Bowling Green's
George McPhee in 1982.